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Gladiator Guild Manager - Arena Battle Simulator by Entertainment Forge Kickstarter. "A battle sim about managing your own Gladiator Guild in an epic fantasy world. Build and run your own guild,...

100 Thieves Opens State-of-the-Art 100 Thieves Cash App Compound, the Largest Esports Team Facility in the US. Tespa has announced that there are no plans for a HotS tournament this Spring, likely...

Chinese tech giant Tencent announces their intentions to take full ownership of Funcom, the Norwegian developer of Conan Exiles, Secret World Legends, Anarchy Online, and more. They are already part...

Two state agencies in California are intervening in the lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and gender discrimination at League of Legends developer Riot Games. A settlement was reached in the case...

Google Stadia has arguably over-promised and under-delivered to this point. Now in a post to the community, the team makes new promises for 2020 about making this streaming gaming service more...

A new patch rolled out yesterday for Europa Universalis IV, updating the grand strategy game to version 1.29.4. As noted on FRAGS OF WAR (thanks Thesh), Paradox confirms that this is to facilitate...

Focus Home Interactive announces a partnership with Blackbird Interactive for a new project based on an original IP developed by the team behind Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak and the upcoming...

Publisher Modus Games and developer Sketchbook Games released a new gameplay trailer for Lost Words: Beyond the Page. This shows off this new adventure game written by Rhianna Pratchett, daughter of...

Last night's New York Game Awards saw the announcement of Bartlow's Dread Machine, an upcoming twin-stick shooter from the creator of Voodoo Vince. This is due this summer Steam and Xbox One. Here's...

GOG.com Midweek Sale: EA Games 75% off.

Steam News announces that anyone with a free Steam account can play all the games in the Half-Life series for free between now and the release of Half-Life: Alyx in March. Here's word: "Series FREE...

In a post on the Fortnite Website Epic Games warns competitive Fortnite players that they are on the lookout for those who are cheating by way of collusion. Here's word on what you should not be...

AMD Support now offers new Adrenalin 2020 Edition version 20.1.3 optional drivers for Windows. These address a few issues and also add support for new Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics cards: "Support For...

Daybreak Game Company announces they've opened three separate studios to "amplify" each of their three existing game franchises going forward. These are Dimensional Ink Games for DC Universe Online,...

Neverwinter: Infernal Descent is now available for the Windows edition of Neverwinter, while it will arrive next month on the console versions of Cryptic Studios' free-to-play MMORPG. The Official...

Drawkanoid is now available on Steam, offering a brick breaking game for Windows and macOS that operates both in bullet time and at ludicrous speed. This trailer from a couple of years ago shows off...

PLAYISM announces DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game is now available in Early Access on Steam, offering a Windows game where you play as anything but your average everyday deer. Here's...

Humble Europa Universalis IV Bundle (pay what you want and help charity). Buy DOOM from the Humble Store and save 70%. Thanks Acleacius. Steam Daily Deal - Heat, 64% Off. Steam Daily Deal -...

A whole bunch of DOOM Eternal Previews hit the internet today: 'Doom Eternal' stays fresh while appealing to a nostalgic audience - CNN. DOOM Eternal improves on DOOM 2016 in every meaningful way ha...

Seems today also ends a hardware review embargo. Either that or it's just a coincidence that reviews of AMD RX 5600 XT graphics cards flooded out at 9:00 am EST. Either way, here's a list: AMD Radeon...

Kalypso Media announces both Commandos 2 - HD Remaster and Praetorians - HD Remaster will both be officially released on Friday, offering the chance to return to updated editions of each of these...

Spanish studio Blackmouth Games developer announces HOME: Hit N' Rush, saying their first fully in-house game is a team-based third-person shooter. This will be a free-to-play game, and while it does...

Publisher Headup and developer Devespresso Games announce that The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters will emerge from its Early Access coma on January 28th for a full release for Windows, macOS, and Linux on...

BANDAI NAMCO announces Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions, an upcoming game based on Captain Tsubasa, an anime series centered on the world of association football/soccer. There's no word yet on...

Valnir Rok -- Update 74#- A New God is Rising. Steam Client Update Released. First Nude Mod for Monster Hunter World Iceborne & First Male Nude Mod for Resident Evil 2 Remake.

Q&A- Evolving the combat design of id Software's Doom Eternal - Gamasutra. 'DOOM Eternal' Game Director on Drawing Inspiration From Classic Horror: "I Think This is Our 'Evil Dead 2'" - Hollywood...

A tweet from Techland announces a delay to the release of Dying Light 2, their post-apocalyptic action/RPG sequel that was planned for release this spring. There's no replacement release date they...

Slitherine announces they expect to release Panzer Corps 2 on March 19th. The new installment in the World War II strategy series was originally announced as coming in 2018, so this isn't exactly a...

Early Access to A Long Way Down is now underway on Steam, offering a deck-building RPG for Windows, Linux, and macOS. The launch hasn't been without its issues, but this post has details on what they...

GOG.com Weekly Sale: Games from different genres up to 90% off. Steam Daily Deal - The Bard's Tale IV- Director's Cut, 66% Off. Steam Daily Deal - Littlewood, 20% Off.

First mod for Dragon Ball Z Kakarot adds Ultrawide 21-9 monitor support with proper FOV.

Ghosts'n DJs Trailer 2020. The Game Industry's Performative Concern For Children (The Jimquisition). Thanks Simon.

Thanks Frans. Frontier, an ISP in 29 states, plans to file for bankruptcy. Mozilla Firefox 72.0.2, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes. Mozilla Firefox ESR 68.4.2, See All New Features, Updates...

AMD Has Now Definitively Confirmed Big Navi. Thanks Hypothermia. Not bot, not beast: scientists create first ever living, programmable organism. Thanks Acleacius. Trump, Macron agree important to...

A job posting on LinkedIn from Naughty Dog puts out the call for a graphics programmer to join their game team (thanks TechRadar). The requirements they list suggest they may be working on a PC...

An article on Tax Watch UK discusses Rockstar Games' tax avoidance strategies that take advantage of Video Games Tax Relief (VGTR) in the UK. They explain the company was able to claim £42 million in...

GOG.com Weekly Sale: Games from different genres up to 90% off. Steam Daily Deal - Ys VIII- Lacrimosa of DANA, 50% Off. Steam Daily Deal - Thief Simulator + VR Version Bundle 42% Off.

This 1GB mod for Fallout New Vegas brings back NPCs, quests, locations & more that were cut from the game. 4GB HD Texture Pack released for Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

Disintegration Technical Beta Trailer. Thanks Gematsu. [GodFall] [Video] - Combat Footage (A Fraction of the footage from an Unreleased Trailer I have). Thanks DSOGaming. 10 Game Endings Almost No...

Former Overwatch League caster MonteCristo joins Cloud9.

Join Disintegrations Technical Beta and Test its Multiplayer Starting January 28 PlayStation.Blog.

Huawei will use TomTom for maps now that it's cut off from Google. Autonomous Driving Gets Human Touch at CES 2020. Thanks Hypothermia.

Eurogamer reports on a new court document (which inspires a warning from Google, so use caution) filed by Cloud Imperium Games in response to Crytek's recent motion to dismiss their own lawsuit (than...

A post from 343 Industries announces that closed beta testing for the PC edition of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will begin this month (thanks Polygon). To be eligible for an invitation you...

Here's the new accounting from Valve of the 10 bestselling titles on Steam for last week: Monster Hunter World: Iceborne DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV ROMANCE OF THE THREE...

Steam Daily Deal - A Short Hike, 20% Off. Steam Daily Deal - Elsinore, 30% Off.

Doomsday 2.2.1 released. Thanks Ant. Team Fortress 2 Update Released.

Democracy 4: Developer blog #1 - Introducing Democracy 4. WarCrafts 3 - Episode 0 (Announcement Trailer). Thanks Ant.

Matt Chat 438: Colin McComb on Torment and Planescape. Thanks Ant.